Politicisation a nuisance

The Himalayan Times

4 January 2013

Among other sectors, education, which is heavily funded sector, has been badly affected by the political instability in Nepal as reported in “Political crisis hurts education” (THT, January 2, Page 5). It is very unfortunate to see the so-called big parties still found squabbling for their self-centred political interests neglecting the plight of the common people for their hardships and putting the nation in political and constitutional vacuum. What a shame is this for them to be so irresponsible and insincere towards the nation and its people? The President has been indecisive in solving the political impasse and continues to extend the deadline for these selfish political parties to forge consensus on finding a common candidate for the next PM. How long does he continue to give such grace period for them who did not seem interested to resolve the political crisis?

The politicization in almost all the sectors owing to the political parties’ vestigial interest has been heavily affected in their (sectors) quality attainments. As for education, the teachers are found heavily engaged in political activities neglecting their responsibilities. The government does not properly follow the existing rules and regulation while recruiting teachers. There are more than 20000 temporarily teachers recruited without uniform method. Their performance remains to be questionable because of the insecure nature of their job. They should be made permanent using healthy competition system through the Education Commission that is entrusted with the appointment of teachers.

The School Sector Reform Program (SSRP) which is a highly ambitious program being funded by major donor agencies with the aim of addressing Millennium Development Goal (MDG) II, has suffered the most due to government’s undue interference in its implementation and will continue to be affected until the government becomes serious and responsible which does not seem possible until the political situation in Republic Nepal stabilizes.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

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